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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
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Subject: Re: Inventing A Shift Key
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Date: 12 Sep 89 18:25:31 GMT
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    Is there some client subroutine in Xlib that is conventionally called that
    is really running the show?

For many clients, yes, it's XLookupString.

    "Could num-lock have a conventional interpretation like shift-lock?"

It could possibly, but it doesn't today (in Xlib or Xt).